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>ALTER TRIGGER</H1
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>Name</H2
>ALTER TRIGGER&nbsp;--&nbsp;change the definition of a trigger</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
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>ALTER TRIGGER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> ON <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>table</I
></TT
> RENAME TO <TT
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>new_name</I
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>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER TRIGGER</TT
> changes properties of an existing
   trigger.  The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>RENAME</TT
> clause changes the name of
   the given trigger without otherwise changing the trigger
   definition.
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><P
>   You must own the table on which the trigger acts to be allowed to change its properties.
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>Parameters</H2
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
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>      The name of an existing trigger to alter.
     </P
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><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>table</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name of the table on which this trigger acts.
     </P
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><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>new_name</I
></TT
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><DD
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>      The new name for the trigger.
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>Notes</H2
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>    The ability to temporarily enable or disable a trigger is provided by
    <A
HREF="sql-altertable.html"
>ALTER TABLE</A
>, not by
    <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER TRIGGER</TT
>, because <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>ALTER TRIGGER</TT
> has no
    convenient way to express the option of enabling or disabling all of
    a table's triggers at once.
   </P
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>Examples</H2
><P
>   To rename an existing trigger:
</P><PRE
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>ALTER TRIGGER emp_stamp ON emp RENAME TO emp_track_chgs;</PRE
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>Compatibility</H2
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>   <TT
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>ALTER TRIGGER</TT
> is a <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
>
   extension of the SQL standard.
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><A
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>ALTER TABLE</A
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